David Burton-Sampson

David Edmund Burton-Sampson (born November 1977) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend West and Leigh since the 2024 general election.

Early life Burton-Sampson was born in November 1977 in Crosby, Merseyside. He was raised by a single mother. Burton-Sampson attended Holy Family Catholic High School in Thornton from 1989 to 1996 before graduating with a BA in performing arts from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 1999. After graduating, he moved to London to pursue a career in the performing arts but ultimately began a career in management, eventually working for Metro Bank. Burton-Sampson has lived in Essex since 1999. He eventually became the deputy leader of the Labour group on the council. In May 2017, he was appointed deputy mayor of Basildon to serve a one-year term under mayor David Harrison of the Wickford Independents. In May 2019, he was appointed mayor of Basildon on a one-year term, however, his term was extended by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 council election, Burton-Sampson lost his seat to Conservative candidate Davida Ademuyiwa.

In May 2024, Burton-Sampson was selected as the Labour candidate for Southend West and Leigh in the 2024 general election. He won the seat with a majority of 1,949 votes, unseating the Conservative incumbent Anna Firth who had won the seat in an uncontested by-election following the October 2021 murder of then-MP Sir David Amess. In Parliament, Burton-Sampson chairs the all-party parliamentary group on open banking and payments, and co-chairs the APPG on fair banking. He also serves as the vice chair for the APPGs on micromobility and Ukraine as well as an officer for the APPGs on Parkinson's disease and male suicide.

In May 2026, he replaced Joe Morris as parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care.

Personal life He is gay and has been in a civil partnership with his partner Mark since 10 June 2011. and is a Christian.

Electoral performance House of Commons

Basildon Borough Council